June construction spending tops May
Construction spending during June 2021 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,552.2 billion, 0.1 percent above the revised May estimate of $1,551.2 billion.
The June figure is 8.2 percent above the June 2020 estimate of $1,435.0 billion. During the first six months of this year, construction spending amounted to $736.5 billion, 5.4 percent above the $698.8 billion for the same period in 2020.
Spending on private construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,215.2 billion, 0.4 percent above the revised May estimate of $1,210.3 billion. Residential construction was 1.1 percent above the revised May estimate of $755.4 billion. Nonresidential construction was 0.7 percent below the revised May estimate of $454.9 billion.
In June, the estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of public construction spending was $337.0 billion, 1.2 percent below the revised May estimate of $340.9 billion. Educational construction was 0.8 percent below the revised May estimate of $82.0 billion. Highway construction was 5.3 percent below the revised May estimate of $97.5 billion.
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